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Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:20 PM Local Time
Fast Waits for Showdown
Dietrich Fast was calling 3,000 on the turn when we arrived. He was in the cutoff, facing off against his right-hand opponent who checked the river. Fast checked back and his rival announced king-high. Fast, however, waited for his opponent to either show or muck his hand so the table saw the before Fast turned up his for the winner.
| Dietrich Fast | 56,000 | 8,000  |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:14 PM Local Time
Kings for Bonavena
Salvatore Bonavena three-bet a raise from one of his opponents and the latter called. The flop appeared and Bonavena's opponent check-called for 3,000. The turn was the and brought no betting action.
On the river , the first player checked and tanked for some time before calling Bonavena's bet for 4,500. Bonavena tabled and his opponent showed before sending his cards into the muck.
| Salvatore Bonavena | 77,000 | 8,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:14 PM Local Time
Lilius' Queen Beats Brenes' Jacks
Humberto Brenes, in the big blind, was heads-up against Taus Lilius who was under the gun and the flop was down . There was already 22,000 in the middle at this point, and both players checked to see the turn. Brenes bet 11,000 and Lilius called, which brought the river and both players checked.
Humberto Brenes:
Taus Lilius:
Lilius' two pair queens-and-eights was enough for him to take down the pot from the Costa Rican Brenes.
| Taus Lilius | 95,000 | 95,000 |
| Humberto Brenes | 45,000 | -8,000  |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:12 PM Local Time
Updated Counts Pavilion White & Yellow; Biton Leads
Likely the first player on Day 1c to break the 200k mark, Israel's Miriam Biton is currently in the lead.
| Miriam Biton | 230,000 | 230,000 |
| Jason Lawhun | 159,000 | 159,000 |
| Gediminas Garmus | 148,000 | 148,000 |
| Patrick Truong | 137,000 | 17,000 |
| James Akenhead | 130,000 | 35,000 |
| Ludovic Geilich | 92,000 | 2,000 |
| Joey Weissman | 90,000 | -8,500 |
| Daniel McAulay | 90,000 | 90,000 |
| Alex Livingston | 88,000 | 40,000 |
| Mohsin Charania | 79,000 | 17,900 |
| Ryan Hughes | 72,000 | -10,000 |
| Jonathan Schaler | 70,000 | 8,000 |
| Men Nguyen | 25,000 | -3,400 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:10 PM Local Time
Counts From Miranda
| Joshua Beckley | 132,500 | 84,300 |
| Jesse Chinni | 77,500 | 6,100 |
| Bruna Unzueta | 77,000 | |
| Erick Lindgren | 67,150 | 11,425 |
| Kindah Sakkal | 58,400 | 10,225 |
| Connor Drinan | 58,000 | 8,000 |
| Jesse Sylvia | 57,825 | 2,000 |
| Leif Force | 51,500 | 31,400 |
| Jeff Gross | 51,500 | 11,300 |
| Joe Cada | 44,050 | 27,550 |
| Mike Watson | 38,500 | -4,000 |
| Parker Talbot | 35,400 | -2,900 |
| Dean Hamrick | 33,250 | -11,275 |
| Ben Keeline | 30,125 | 4,925 |
| Scott Eskenazi | 23,475 | -7,525 |
| Matt Affleck | 18,125 | -4,375 |
| Kathy Liebert | 17,250 | -12,350 |
| Vivian Saliba | 9,050 | -2,150 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:08 PM Local Time
Xu Blasts Out Java
Nipun Java and Liang Xu built a pot of about 6,000 preflop and Xu fired 4,000 from the big blind on the flop. Java called after thinking awhile and they saw a turn that checked through.
The river paired the board again and prompted 20,000 from Xu. Java counted out his stack and smiled before folding after about 30 seconds.
| Liang Xu | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| Nipun Java | 57,500 | -500 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:06 PM Local Time
Farrell on a Shipment Stack
Niall Farrell has fared poorly in the early levels here on Day 1c. Reduced to just 5,500 or so, he jammed all in preflop in a recent hand to scoop up the blinds and antes, but the British crusher is in need of some heat with only about 15 big blinds still.
| Niall Farrell | 6,175 | -9,825 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:05 PM Local Time
Hohner Gets Three Streets from Selbst
Ryan Hohner raised to 900 from under the gun and Jeff Fielder called from the cutoff. Vanessa Selbst called from the big blind and they went three handed to the flop.
Selbst checked and Hohner continued with a bet of 1,600. Fielder quickly folded and Selbst called. They went heads-up to the turn and Selbst check-called a bet of 4,900.
The river was the and Selbst checked to Hohner who bet 6,600. Selbst stared at Hohner and went deep into the tank and after nearly a minute she threw in the call. Hohner turned over for aces up and Selbst fired her hand into the muck.
| Ryan Hohner | 71,000 | |
| Vanessa Selbst | 55,000 | -40,000 |
| Jeff Fielder | 14,000 | -21,800 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:05 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts Amazon Tan
| Fernando Pons | 76,000 | -5,000 |
| Richard Alati | 57,000 | 7,000 |
| Marti Roca de Torres | 52,000 | 11,000 |
| Timothy Adams | 48,000 | 8,000 |
| Steven Watts | 43,000 | -3,000 |
| Allen Kessler | 42,000 | 2,000 |
| Alan Snow | 35,000 | 8,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:05 PM Local Time
Antonius Steam Rolling His Table
The board read and an opponent under the gun checked to Patrik Antonius who bet 9,000 into a pot around 18,000.
His opponent thought for a moment and then made the call. The river came the , the action was checked to Antonius who bet 35,000 and his opponent then went into the tank, after several minutes of thought he hit the fold button and Antonius added to his growing stack.
| Patrik Antonius | 166,000 | 103,600 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 7:03 PM Local Time
Gerhart's Queens Work
Kevin Gerhart told us that he'd raised to 1,000 preflop from under the gun, two players called, the button three-bet to 4,800, Gerhart called, and both other players did the same.
Action checked through on the flop and turn.
The had just hit the river when we got to the table and Gerhart bet 8,500. All three of his opponents folded and Gerhart held his aloft for all to see as the dealer pushed the pot his way.
| Kevin Gerhart | 76,800 | 27,975 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:48 PM Local Time
Level 4 started
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:29 PM Local Time
Break Time
Players are headed on a 20-minute break.
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:28 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts at Break
| Nicholas Augustino | 144,000 | 54,000 |
| Tom Cannuli | 76,500 | 26,500 |
| Yosuke Sekiya | 74,000 | 24,000 |
| Taylor Black | 64,000 | -2,500 |
| Natalie Hof | 40,200 | 3,200 |
| Kenneth Aldridge | 30,400 | -22,100 |
| Samuel Chartier | 21,000 | -10,050 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:28 PM Local Time
Kitai Bets Big on the River to Win
The action folded around to Davidi Kitai on the button and he raised to 750 which Justin Bond called. The flop fell , and Kitai bet 725 after he was checked to. Bond raised to 1,500 and Kitai responded by three-betting to 2,725, which Bond called.
On the turn, Bond check-called a 4,200 bet, and on the river, Bond was put to the test when Kitai bet 15,000.
Bond had to think about his decision for several minutes at the ESPN Feature table but reluctantly folded and allowed Kitai to pick up the pot.
Davidi Kitai:
Justin Bond:
| Davidi Kitai | 86,000 | 4,000 |
| Matt Bond | 26,000 | 4,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:27 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion White
| Joey Weissman | 98,500 | 52,300 |
| James Akenhead | 95,000 | |
| Theo Tran | 70,500 | 20,500 |
| Alex Fitzgerald | 67,500 | 22,300 |
| Tim Reilly | 65,000 | 22,000 |
| Tim Finne | 55,100 | 5,100 |
| Nam Le | 50,500 | -9,500 |
| Phil Hui | 47,200 | 5,900 |
| Koray Aldemir | 41,800 | |
| Georgios Vrakas | 21,500 | 4,000 |
| Matt Savage | 15,400 | -4,600 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:25 PM Local Time
Updated Counts Pavilion White
| Anton Wigg | 100,000 | 17,500 |
| Konstantin Puchkov | 80,000 | 15,000 |
| Kenna James | 77,000 | 6,900 |
| Dominik Panka | 70,000 | -1,000 |
| Griffin Benger | 69,000 | 9,500 |
| Louis Werman | 40,000 | |
| Arthur Conan | 31,000 | -18,000 |
| Georgios Vrakas | 17,500 | -30,200 |
| Adam Owen | 6,000 | -11,950 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:25 PM Local Time
More Chip Counts from Brasilia
| Dan Heimiller | 81,000 | 25,000 |
| Michael Souza | 71,000 | -89,000 |
| Salvatore Bonavena | 69,000 | 4,000 |
| Lorenzo Lavis | 56,000 | 56,000 |
| Barry Greenstein | 53,000 | 5,000 |
| Mike Leah | 46,000 | -11,000 |
| Matt Salsberg | 42,000 | -5,000 |
| Weiyi Mo | 27,000 | -25,000 |
| François Pirault | 25,000 | -28,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:25 PM Local Time
Updated Chip Counts from Pavilion Black
| Kiryl Radzivonau | 120,000 | |
| Andjelko Andrejevic | 100,000 | 20,000 |
| Kahle Burns | 87,000 | 39,500 |
| David Yan | 82,000 | 12,000 |
| Eugene Katchalov | 70,000 | 4,000 |
| Milan Simko | 58,000 | -3,500 |
| Ladislav Cerveny | 58,000 | 6,000 |
| Chris Moorman | 57,000 | 16,000 |
| Mike McDonald | 53,000 | -7,000 |
| David Laka | 53,000 | 10,900 |
| Dietrich Fast | 48,000 | -43,300 |
| Dan Colman | 47,000 | 2,000 |
| Dzmitry Urbanovich | 44,500 | -17,500 |
| Jan-Eric Schwippert | 44,000 | -6,000 |
| Vlad Darie | 42,000 | 4,000 |
| Igor Yaroshevskyy | 35,000 | -48,000 |
| John Racener | 34,000 | -28,000 |
Wednesday, July 4, 2018 6:25 PM Local Time
Watson Takes One
There were about 5,000 chips in the middle and the board read when we got to the table. Mike Watson was in middle position and facing a decision for 2,200 from the player on his immediate right. After brief consideration, he called.
The hit the river and both players checked. Watson's opponent tabled but it was no good against Watson's .
| Mike Watson | 42,500 | -3,700 |